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You can't have both in a chair conformation!

  1. If the methyl groups in 1,4-dimethylcyclohexane adopt a bis-axial orientation, they are trans and they stay trans after ring flip:
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  2. If your 1,4-dimethylcyclohexane is cis-substituted the orientation of the methyl groups is axial and equatorial, respectively:
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